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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Worcester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Worcester website
45,221 approved · 6,633 refused · 2,199 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 1960 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
59 Blanquettes Avenue, Wor, WR3 8DG
Received 27 May 201519 Swinton Close, Worcester WR2 4HA
Received 14 Mar 2005Dry Dock Diglis Basin
Received 8 Dec 2006Jamia Ghousia Mosque, Tallow Hill, WR5 1JU
Received 22 Oct 2012202 London Road Worcester WR5 2JT
Received 25 Mar 20229 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 3DG
Received 6 Jul 2018279 Tolladine Road, Worcester WR4 9AZ
Received 9 Jan 2013SOUTH HAYES NURSING HOME, 101, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 2
Received 30 Apr 1992114, BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 2BT
Received 18 Aug 198855, MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4LE
Received 17 Feb 1961238 Ombersley Road, WR3 7HB
Received 15 Jun 2001Land adjacent to The Raven, Droitwich Road, WR3 7SW
Received 3 Dec 2008SITE 3, HYLTON ROAD TRADING ESTATE, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER W
Received 1 Mar 1968YMCA 12 Henwick Road Worcester WR2 5NS
Received 13 Mar 2007Unit R, Blackpole Trading Estate East
Received 25 Oct 1999ST ALBANS HOUSE, MILL STREET, WORCESTER
Received 5 Jun 1984LANGSTONE, NEWEYS HILL, WORCESTER WR 3 7DZ
Received 3 Oct 1969Spicers (Builders) Ltd, Checketts Lane, Worcester WR3 7JP
Received 19 Jul 201112 STANMORE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4PW
Received 19 Nov 201593 Droitwich Road WORCESTER WR3 7JE
Received 8 Sept 2015Adjacent to 449 Ombersley Road, WR3 7DQ
Received 25 Sept 200210 Silverdale Avenue Worcester WR5 1PY
Received 4 Dec 202314, SHELDON PARK ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 7YA
Received 22 Feb 1961Unit 4 Derwent Close Worcester WR4 9TY
Received 1 Sept 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Worcester City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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